Robb: I’m excited for Brightest Day!!!
Tracie: With the reveal of the 12 Resurrected, all the Brightest Day changes are clicking in my mind. Plus all the new info DC’s been putting out.
I’m excited to see what it means for the 12, though I’m still iffy on if I’ll pick up Deathstroke’s Titans book, although I like that Osiris is back.
I’m even MORE excited to be reading JL: Generation Lost, BoP, Flash and Brightest Day than I already was!
http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/04/01/blackest-night-is-overwhat-is-brightest-day/
ALSO, Green Arrow is supposed to have a huge part in Brightest Day but I can’t figure out how. Johns says we’ll learn more in Brightest Day
#0 but Star City is supposed to be central to it.
Robb: Are you getting the DC History book? DC Legacy I think its called. I’m a huge fan of those continuity layout type stories. I’m nervous I’m getting pulled back in Marvel. Dark Reign, Seige, Thor… Now Xmen 2nd coming, All the Avenger titles… I’m loving Marvel’s stuff. I’m also wanting a return to the classic JLA. You know, the original 7, plus Zantanna, Firestorm, Red Tornado, Atom, The Hawks, throw in an Arrow (Green or Red is ok) add Vixen and get a good creative team of Geoff Johns and Finch! I’m happy with Aquamans return and Firestorm! I love those characters… Just give them good creative teams.
Tracie: Yes, I’m buying DC Legacy. They have an AWESOME line-up of artists and it’s been a while since I’ve ready any DC History type of thing.
Don’t be nervous about Marvel. Accept it. Embrace it. Marvel is good. Marvel is great. YOU WILL ACCEPT MARVEL AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
I’m excited to see how Second Coming plays out, with all the excellent build-up that’s been done in Cable over the last couple years. And if
Sean can get me the missing books, I can have Kitty Pryde back! 
Best art i’ve seen from David Finch, by the way. Hope DC puts him on something big.
Johns and Finch on JLA would be killer. There’ve been rumors for a while that Johns would take over JLA. At one point it was said Jim Lee
would draw it, but I doubt that’ll happen, as cool as it’d be to have the CCO and Co-Publisher on the same book. Finch would seem more
likely (and he seems to have inherited Jim’s inker in the move to DC, so there’s that).
I’m sure once War of the Superman wraps and Bruce returns we’ll see a big unveiling of a restructured Justice League with the Trinity
reinstated plus the reincarnated/refocused Aquaman, Hawks, Atom, Firestorm and such. (and hopefully a redeemed Green Arrow)
And you know I’m down for a Zatanna in my Justice League. ^_^ I’ll miss Jason as Firestorm. He made the character a lot more
interesting to me than Ronnie & Prof. Stein did. Plus it was great to have a really enjoyable (i.e. NOT ANGSTY) black character in comics.
Plus it seemed like they were really embracing him in animation by including him in Brave and the Bold. Hopefully this isn’t the end of Jason’s story, since it looked like Ronnie was rejected from Firestorm too. And yes, I would read the hell out of an Aquaman book with a strong
creative team like when they had Will Pfeifer/John Arcudi & Patrick Gleason. (though they weren’t Big Name enough to support the book)
Robb: Agree with you totally, except… When you wrote: “Plus it was great to have a really enjoyable (i.e. NOT ANGSTY) black character in comics.” Did you read the Firestorm Series with Jason… He punched his father every other issue. He was incredibly Angsty. Lol. Don’t get me wrong… I love Jason’s character. Felt like a less smart assy peter parker. But he was totally angst ridden.
Tracie: HAhah, good point. His dad deserved it, though.
And I guess I meant “angry” not “angsty.” Whatever problems in his life, at the end of the day he was still a good-natured kid and I loved that about him. He was the closest thing to a Peter Parker character i’d read in a DC book and thought that was a really great way to update that character. (I stopped reading when they changed writers, though,so i don’t know how the series ended)
I’ve never connected with Cyborg because he always seemed so down and mopey all the time and I like Steel but nobody really does anything
cool or fun with him. I loved Det. Crispus Allen but he’s a pretty depressing/angry character and I don’t think he’s even the Spectre anymore. I think he might be dead-dead now. Teen Titans has Static, but I’m so behind in that, I haven’t even read up to the issues where he’s on the team.
Robb: Dang I wanted a debate… Even tried to pull Monty in. I agree, angry vs angst is good way to put it.
And I couldn’t agree with you more. Cyborg has never been handled right since Wolfman left the series way back when. And he doesn’t belong in the JLA. Steel and Cripus have been let fall to the side, and Static has sooo much potential. Black lightining was great at first in Metzler’s JLA… But faded away too. My opinion, the best used “Black” DC character is Mr. Terriffic. Especially in this new JSA story. Tracie, its a good book again. Really playing up racism and superheros along with WWII tie in.
Didn’t know this discussion was going topical! 
Tracie: ROBB AND TRACIE TACKLE THE TOUGH ISSUES. And DAMMIT STOP MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I NEED TO READ JSA AGAIN. UGGHHHH*hissyfit* And call me a philistine, but I like the animated Teen Titans so much more than their comic counterparts. I could care less about comic Starfire but cartoon Starfire was so fun. Same with Cyborg and Raven and Beast Boy. (Robin is just Robin no matter how you slice it)
I like Donna and Dick stepping into the JLA but Cyborg isn’t necessary. Especially if they would just reassemble Red Tornado. (though I’m not much of a fan of “Reddy” outside of Young Justice, he’s been so boring and worthless in this iteration of JLA) I like Black Lightning in Outsiders more than JLA. Outsiders has been a surprisingly fun team. (I need to read the last 2 issues of Didio/Tan’s new run though… maybe over lunch)
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Superman Secret Origins #5 hit the stands last week, and much has been written and debated about by my peers. I usually jump right away and make my thoughts known before I’ve had time to absorb something over time. I was quick to praise Superman Returns, but had I given it some time, I feel I would have been a lot more critical. I still love the movie, but with time, I’m, able to see more of its true flaws. Avoiding the same mistake with Superman Secret origins, I was waiting for this series to end before I added my 2 cents, but after reading issue #5, I felt the time was now to voice my opinion.
